Copa Libertadores riot on YouTube after Internacional beat Chivas

Brazilian side Internacional beat Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara in the final of the Copa Libertadores – but the headlines were made by an all-kicking, all-punching post-match melee involving players from both sides and a number of fans.

A 3-2 victory on the night saw Internacional to a 5-3 aggregate win over their rivals.

But things really kicked off after the final whistle when, with the Brazilian side huddled together celebrating their win, a seemingly innocuous clash led to a full-blown scrap.

Video footage, which has since been posted on YouTube, shows players from both teams launching into flying kicks at each other while several supporters invaded the pitch.

Attempts at seperating the players were eventually successful, but only after a number of pitched battles all over the field had erupted.

Comments from Chivas’ Mexican midfielder Adolfo Bautista afterwards suggested the conflict was sparked by bad blood between the teams arising from the Brazilians warming up during their opponents’ national anthem.

“They did not respect the anthem from the start and if they show no respect how can they expect us to respect them?” said Bautista, who also alleged an Inter assistant spat at Marco Fabian de la Mora after he scored Guadalajara’s opening goal.

Guadalajara lost the first leg 2-1 at home but raised their hopes of an upset by taking the lead in the second leg, before going down 3-2.